Car construction.



J. I. STRBIB.

GAR CONSTRUCTION. APPLIOATION rum) JAN. a1, 1903, 4 v 942,224, Patented Dec. 7, 1909.-

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.Jl Pl OAR CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 190B.

Patented Dec. 7, 19v.

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v PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO PRESSED STEEL GAR JOHN STREIB, OF. AVALON,

COMPANY, OF PITTS BURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

OAR CONSTRUCTION.

942,224. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '7, 1909. Application filed January 31,1908. Serial No. 413,666. I

To all w'kmn'tit my concern: 1 Be it kndwvn that 1,4JOHN F. STREIB, of Avalon, Alleghenycounty, Pennsylvania, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car Construction, of'which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like characters refer to like parts, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of portions of a car body embodying the features of said. invention, Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional elevation in direction of arrow on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, Fi 3 is a like view on line.-'3 3 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a detail-view showing end sheet ofcar made in accordancdwith my invention, Fig. 5 is a detail edge view illustrating a pair of door, stops, Figs. Q'and 7 are detail transverse sections showing slight modifications of construction of 'car side, and Fig.8 shows a slight modification of the door stops shown-in Fig. 5. An obiect of the present invention is to provide *a simple, strong and economical construction of car side or end especially adapted for that class of freight cars having drop bottoms and known as general service gondolas, but which might also be applied to gondola cars or. other freight cars without drop bottoms. Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved form of cross-. bearer especially adaptable to dumping cars as it is so constructed as to ,make it impossible for the jlading to accumulate or; collect on its lower flanges when the car isv down below the edge plates or horizontal portions 6 of the side sheets 3, or upper surface of:v cross-bearers 2, where they are secured to the end of the cross-bearer 2. Car sides 3 and shedding inclines 4 may be further braced in any suitable manner by supplemental braces, such as by angle plates 7 beneath said shedding surface, incline or by vertical inner stakes 8 inside of the car and shaped correspondingly to the car. side, both of suitable number and location. Inclines 4 vmay plates 9 of suitable shape secured to incline 4 and upper edge or surface of cross-bearers 2 secured thereto and which connect inclines 4 with stakes 8 or by the tie or floor plate 10. In case the car is a dumping car, in which the bottom 'is comprised wholly 1 of drop doors, 10 would represent a tie plate, tying a pair of cross-bearers 2 together, whereasin case of the car being a nondumping car, 10 would represent a floor plate. As shown in Fig. 2, plate or strip 10 extends up inclines 4 and is secured thereto and helps thus to tie cross-bearer 2 and side 3 togetherand to brace side 3 and forms a guard against accumulation of lading between strip or edge plate 6 and cross-bearer 2. It is not absolutely essential, however, that plate or strip 10 extend up incline 4. In this manner is formed of the plategirder sides, stakes and cross-bearers and braces a very strong comprising sides, shedding edge stitfening plates.

As shown in Fig. 4, the end sheet 11 'of the car body may be treated in the manner already described in connection with the car side plate-girders to form a shedding surface 12 and ah edge plate 13 suitably conin dump cars. nected to or extending down to form a part A further object of the present invention of the end sill 14 of the car. In Fig. 4, 15 is to provide certain modifications of the represents theend of the drop door illustrating the relative positions of the drop door and the shedding surface 12. 16 is the lower flange of cr'oss-bearer2 which is deinclines and Another object of tliepresent invention "is to provide improved stops for drop doors Referring now in detail to the drawings, 1 represents the center Slll of a car, 2 a crossi bearer and? is the plate-girder ear side bent tlected, when the car is a dump car, to preinwardly at a point above the u per surface vent lodging of lading thereon, upon dumpof cross-bearer 2 to form shedc ing inclines ing of the car." 17 IS a door stop (Fig. 2)

.or secured to the ends of the several cross- 1 4. The car side 3 is also bent at a point intermediate the ends of the cross-bearer 2 formed in the surface of the cross-bearer 2. outwardly toward'the side stakes 5 formin Door stop 17 comprises customarily a pair a longitudinal edge plate 6 suitably riveted of oppositely extending members 19, having hooked ends, the shank of one of said members being longer than the other and oifset suitably secured in a pocket 18 pressed or bearers. The stakes 5 preferably extend car side construct-ion tocompensate for the flanges on cross-bearer 2, when cross-bearer-2 is of pressed metal,

- or has flanges on one side only, to bring the hooked ends of the members the proper'distance beyond the edges of the doors, and the two members are riveted back to back. Either or both members 19 are provided with central reinforcing ribs or webs 2O pressed or otherwise formed.

As shown in Fig. 6, the side late-girder 3 may be continued down beyond the upper surface of the cross-bearers 2, as shown also in connection with end plate-girder 9 in Fig. 4, then it is riveted or secured to the crossbearer 2. Or, if desired, an angle bar 21 (Fig. 7 may be secured or riveted to the ends of cross-bearers 2 and to said edge plate 6.

Fig. 8 shows another manner of making door stops. Therein each member 19 is provided with rib 20 and extend an equal dist-ance from their common shank. This form of stops is preferable for cross bearers flanged on both sides.

The term wall used in the following claims is intended to cover a car side, car end, bulkhead, or other load-retaining structure.

By the expression edge plate is meant a longitudinal member extending alon the edge of a car wall, the function of which is that of stiflening the structure.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a car, the combination of cross bearers having horizontal upper edges, a side wall supported thereby and bent inwardly along its lower edge and secured to the outer ends of said cross bearers to space the same and form a shedding surface and drop doors between said cross bearers and-in horizontal positions when closed.

2. In a car, the combination of cross bearers having horizontal upper edges, side stakes rising from the outer ends of said cross bearers and secured thereto, a side wall secured to said stakes, bent in along its lower edge and secured to the outer ends of said cross bearers tospace the same and form a shedding surface and drop doors between said cross bearers and horizontal when in closed positions.

3. In a car, a wall having an intermediate portion inclined inwardly and its lower portion extending at an angle to said inclined portion to form a shedding surface and an edge strip. 4. In a car, a wall having its lower portion formed substantially V-shape in crosssection.

5. In a car, a wall having its lower portion inclined inwardly and bent outwardly to form a shedding incline and an ed e plate.

6. In a car, a plate-girder wal bent in- .with supplemental braces on o of said wall located over di WaIdly at a point below its upper ed e and outwardly at the car floor level to orm a sheddingincline and an edge plate or strip and means for securing said wall to the under frame.

7. In a car, a plate-girder wall with a vertical upper portion shaped inwardly and outwardly at its intermediate portion and downwardly at its lower portion to form a shedding incline, an edge strip or plate and a securing flange.

8. In a car, a plate-girder wall having a vertical upper portion, an inclined intermediate portion and a horizontal lower portion, a brace beneath saidinclined portion and a brace above said inclined portlon.

9. In a car, a plate-girder wall, having a vertical upper portion, an inclined interdiate portion and a horizontal lower por-v n, akes exterior to the car, angle brace plates between the inclined and horizontal portions of said plate-girder wall, and inner Stakes conforming to the inside shape of said wall.

11. In a car, a wall having vertical and inclined portions, an inner stake conforming to the shape of said wall.

12. In a car, a. plate-girder wall having an inwardly inclined lower portion, crossbearers and exterior stakes in combination erent crossbearers.

13, In a car, a plate-girder wall, exterior stakes and cross-bearers, an angle brace plate located over one of said cross-bearers on the exterior of said wall and a stake located over another of said cross-bearers on the inside of the car. i

14. In a car, a plate-girder wall, exterior stakes and cross-bearers, an angle brace plate located over one of said crossearers on the exterior 'of said wall and a stake located over another of said cross-bearers on the inside of the car, and a flanged connecting plate for connecting the car wall crossbearer and inner stake.

15 In a car, an end sheet having a vertical upper portion, an inclined intermediate portion and a horizontal and vertical portion, forming a shedding edge plate'and a portion of the car end sill.

16. In a car, a cross-bearer having a.fiange inclined relatively to its web.

17. In a car, a cross-bearer having a'flan e inclined or deflected downwardly relativeIy to its web.

posite sides incline, an end ceases surface and a door stop located in said re-- cess. I

21. In a dump-car having drop doors, a cross-bearer and a door stop carried by said cross-bearer and consisting of oppositely ex tending members.

22. In a dump-ear having drop doors,'a cross-bearer between said doors and having a recess in its surface and a door stop 10- cated in said recess and consisting of oppositely extending members.

23. In a dump-car havin flanged cross-bearer locatedi drop doors and; a door stop secured to said cross-bearer oflset to compensate for the flange thereof and consisting of members extending in opposite directions.

24. In a dump-car having a drop door, a flanged cross-bearer adjacent said door and a door stop secured to said cross-bearer and offset to compensate for the flange of said cross-bearer.

25. In a dump-car having drop doors, a flanged cross-bearer located between said doors and having a recess or depression formed in its surface and a door step located drop doors, a

.in said recess and oflset to compensate for the flange of said cross-bearer. I

26. In a dump-car having drop doors, a cross-bearer located between said doors, having' a horizontal'upper flange and a downwardly deflected lower flange in combination with a door'stop carried by said crossbearer and deflected to compensate for said flanges.

27. In a dump-car having drop, doors, a door stop consisting of a securing portion and oppositely extending members.

28. In a dump-car having drop doors, a

door stop consisting of oppositely extending members secured together back to back.

29. In a dump-car having drop doors, a

' door stop consisting of a plurality of members, one of said members being of greater etween the said length than the other to provide a securing shank for the members.

30. In a dump-car having drop doors, a door stop consistin of o positely extending ribbed'hook-shape mern ers.

' 31. a dump car having dropl doors, a cross-bearer and a door stop mounted a an angle to the length of said cross-bearer and comprising a securing portion and oppositely extending stop members.

32. In a dump car having drop doors, a cross-bearer and a door stop mounted on said cross-bearer and comprising a securing portion and o positely extending stop memers, dispose at an angle,to the length of said cross-bearer.

33. In a dump car having drop doors, a cross-bearer and a door stop mounted on 'said cross-bearer and comprising a securing portion and oppositely extending angular stop members disposed at an angle with relation to the length of said cross-bearer.

34. In a dum car having drop doors, a cross-bearer wit a recess H1 its web disposed at an angle to the length of said crossbearer and a door stop mounted in said recess.

35. In a dump car, an underframe beam having a lower flange deflected downwardly relatively to the beam web.

-365In a dump car, an underfrarne beam having a horizontal upper flange and a lower flange deflected downwardly relatively to the beam web. I

37. In a dump car having drop doors, a cross-bearer and. a door stop mounted on said cross-bearer projecting downwardly and inwardly toward the car center and comprising a securing po tion and oppositely extending stop members.

38. In a dump car having a drop door, a cross-bearer and a door stop mounted on said cross-bearer projecting downwardly and inwardly toward the center of the car beneath said cross-bearer. I

The foregoing specification signed at Me- Kees Rocks, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania,

this twenty-eighth day of January, 1908.

'JOHN F. STREIB. 

